APA Regional 8-Ball Pairs
December 15th, 2009
Held at the ACBS Clubrooms : 13 December 2009
Seven pairs contested the title this year and with three of those pairs having a female players, hopefully we are in for better numbers in the Women’s tournaments in 2010.
Top qualifiers were Kevin Sun and Kevin Zhang with six wins. Second were last year’s winners, Jon Grimley and Tony de Fontenay; third were Jimmy Henry and Jordan Davey. The fourth qualifiers were new members Molrudee and Ivica Vujanic.
The Semi-final between Sun/Zhang and the Vujanic’s turned into a very tactical match with the two Kevin’s not knowing how to keep out Molrudee, who looked like getting four clearances to level at 4-all when she missed an easy black. After five minutes of safety play Ivica doubled the black. The final frame was broken by Zhang who failed to get a ball and Molrudee cleared up to win 5/4. The other Semi-final was won by Davey/Henry.
The Final was won by Henry and Davey, taking nearly one and a half hours and probably should have been played with a timer-clock.
The APA have been lucky this year to have Kevin Zhang join us and very fortunate to also have Molrudee Vujanic, who is certainly going to be a force to be reckoned with in the Regional and National Women’s tournaments.
Semi-Finals : I Vujanic/M Vujanic bt K Sun/K Zhang 5/4, J Davey/J Henry bt J Grimley/T de Fontenay 5/2.
Final : Davey/Henry bt Vujanic/Vujanic 5/4.
